Okay, weight lifters, here we are - our own check-in thread. It doesn't matter if you lift heavy or light - or even do bodyweight work - all who are doing any kind of resistance work and are low-carbing are .

If you're wanting to start any kind of strength training, but don't know where to start, come join us, and we'll be happy to help you out.

Let's keep this non-judgemental as different bodies respond to different types of weight work, and what works for one may not work for another.

While I lifting heavy, I can't seem to do it and still lose weight and inches. I've tried it twice, once with the Body for Life BFL) plan, and once with Chalean Extreme (CLX). Both times, I got nada in the way of results. So, I'm doing low weight/high rep workouts that do allow me to lose weight as well as inches. It's not as fun as lifting heavy, but it gets the job done. I can always go back to lifting heavy when I get this weight off, so I'm okay with that. My book, DVDs and heavy weights ain't going anywhere!

Thanks for starting this Laura, the other thread has given me renued enthusiasm for lifting as I'd gotten stagnant with it.

This morning I did a lower body weights workout:- dead lifts, sqwuats, open-leg sqwats, lunges & calf raisers. I have adjustable dumbbells at home and had all my weight-plates on this morning - total of 11kg (~24#) each dumbbell .

I've found the new rules for lifting for women website and will do some reading today.

E:- fasted UB weights workout in the morning; cycling to/from work (just over 5mile round trip while the car is in for repairs); Pilates DVD which I am feeling today as I haven't done it in a long time.

Just to record what my UP weights workout entails atm. I do one set (= 12 reps) of each exercise kind of like a circuit with a couple minutes cardio between circuits and total of 3 circuits. I also ususally warm up 10min on my elliptical and cool down 5 minutes, however it is out of action atm awaiting a replacement part. So for the moment I'm doing 10min latin aerobics warm up and using my rebounder for in between cardio. I also do a yoga/streching sequence after both weight & HIIT workouts.

I am getting motivated to start lifting again. I finished a round of Chalean Extreme and 3 phases of New Rules of Lifting for Women until I had a thyroidectomy in October of last year. Considering starting another round of Chalean as I was actually seeing better results than the NROL4W. My biggest motivation today was a thread in the main lobby that asked everyone how much they weigh at a size 14-I am 199 and a lot of people weigh a lot less at the same size. I love the body recomp lifting gives me and don't really care what the scales say as long as I am getting healthy and looking better. I eat at a higher carb level than most here and concentrate on healthy complex carbs. This round I am going to do without the protein shakes and see if the scale moves downward more as I work to get this blubber off.

__________________"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." ~Winston S. Churchill

I didn't get to lift today. Was tied up doing business for my parents who are away from home and then my brother dropped in unexpectedly from out of town. Tomorrow for sure!!

Anyway, I picked up a copy of Oxygen Fitness for Women magazine today and it had a really interesting article about weightlifting.

Basically, it recommends starting off with a weight you can safely lift only 6-8 times. You work up to the 10-12 reps comfortably, then increase your reps to 20-25 before upping your weight. In this way you get all three kinds of lifting - super heavy/low rep, moderate/medium rep and light/high rep.

Basically, it recommends starting off with a weight you can safely lift only 6-8 times. You work up to the 10-12 reps comfortably, then increase your reps to 20-25 before upping your weight. In this way you get all three kinds of lifting - super heavy/low rep, moderate/medium rep and light/high rep.

Sounds interesting and seems to be one of those 'why didn't I think of that' ideas. What do the more experienced lifters think?

I'm new to weight lifting. Finished reading Bill Phillips BFL. I need to start and this thread is just great. I have been avoiding starting probably as I think I may hurt myself with the weights or new routines. I just need to do it. Will start on Monday so that I have a workout plan in place as I still want to do Callanetics 2X a week, cycling, running and swimming (things I enjoyed last year)- cycling is new and I will probably do that on weekends.
Will start and drop in to check with you all.
Glad I found this thread.

Sounds interesting and seems to be one of those 'why didn't I think of that' ideas. What do the more experienced lifters think?

I agree with you, Oz. This sounds very interesting. I think that this could work well, as it'd probably take most people a good while to go from lifting max weight 6-8 reps all the way up to 20-25.

I'm so tempted to give this a try with upper body. Ooooohhh, I could do this next month when I do my Brazil Butt Lift rotation! BBL is short on upper body work, so I was going to add some in anyway, and I don't bulk up with heavy weight on upper body, just lower, so I really could try this out...

AWESOME!!!!!! This is totally what I needed all along! This time around i feel sooo much different...I know this time around i am sticking to my new WOE....i am going to reach my goal by June 1,2010! 180 to 145 here I come!!!

One thing i want to throw in here for everyone reading my post and all my fellow lifters out there!! One thing I found that works wonders for me is pyramid training
pyramid training for those who don't know what this means is as follows:

SET 1- heaviest weight you can lift i try to make it to at least 8 reps
SET 2- go down a weight lb. and I go for at least 10
SET 3- go down a lil more weight and i go for 12
SET 4- go down a lil more weight and burn it out for..i go for 15-20!!

Hi everyone! I see a lot of familiar Faces, and Avitars!
Im ready to jump on board! I want to transform my body, and get to where I have never gone before! I love heavy lifting too, although I really want to trim off 5-6 more pounds. I started lifting again last Monday.
I have a ways to go, but here is my start

I agree with you, Oz. This sounds very interesting. I think that this could work well, as it'd probably take most people a good while to go from lifting max weight 6-8 reps all the way up to 20-25.

I'm so tempted to give this a try with upper body. Ooooohhh, I could do this next month when I do my Brazil Butt Lift rotation! BBL is short on upper body work, so I was going to add some in anyway, and I don't bulk up with heavy weight on upper body, just lower, so I really could try this out...

I know that I'm going to wind up caving - I miss lifting heavy!

I think I would miss it too! I know that I have lost inches already with lifting heavy in just a week and a half. But the pounds are still there. At least I know that the fat is being replaces. LOL So, tell me about the Brazil Butt lift thing. Is this just a lower body work out? I want a Brazilian butt!

I'm new, hello! Just wanted to say, I started working out 4-5 days/week starting on the 1st, and was doing mainly cardio. Was doing great-- lost 8 pounds in a few weeks. I've added in strength training this past week, and am up a good 3-4 pounds. I know it is likely just water retention, as my muscles are very sore... but how long does it usually take before this weight is shed? I know the ultimate goal is my size, not weight, but right now, I do also care about the weight. I highly doubt I'll ever be a 180 pound size 6, so some weightloss is important to me.

Sam, I'm no expert but I think I've seen figures of up to a month for your body to adjust. I know for me it wasn't that long but I only weigh once a week (OK sometimes twice ) so most weeks I see a loss or at least holding even, excluding Christmas/New Year and the week after DDs birthday party (LC leftover cakes - way too many ).

UB weights workout all @ 10kg (22lbs):- chest fly (3x12); chest press (3x12); skull breakers (3x12); tricep kickback combos (2x12 + 1x10); and bicep curl to shoulder press combos (3x8). This is a new high weight for the tri & bicep exercises, hence the lower reps. My elliptical machine is back in working order too . I wore out the resistance strap and had to wait over a week for the replacement one to arrive from across country . So I was able to do 10min warm up, 2min cardio between circuit sets & 6min cooldown on my elliptical. Then did my standard yoga/stretch routine.

Spent some time looking at the local library catalog on-line today (quiet @ work) and have reserved lots of exercise/lifting books and a few exercise/fitness for kids books too. No time like the present to get DD more involved in fitness . Will have a better look & pick out the best ones Saturday morning so I'll have lots of reading to do over the next few weeks.

AHHH HA! I know what has been making my hair fall out!! NO SHOTGUN! I read reviews on this product and someone asked if anyone else has noticed their hair falling out. I have been taking this for 2 weeks or so and I am linking my hair loss to it. Time to lay off the shotgun I hope my hair will grow back! I could su